East Stroudsburg in Monroe County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

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RR Signal Tower

Historic Transportation

Photo Wanted image. Click for full size.

1. Photo Wanted

Inscription. Built 1908 by Delaware, Lackawanna & Western RR. Tower operator controlled track switches from here using many mechanical levers.

Erected 2024 by William G. Pomeroy Foundation. (Marker Number 30.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Communications • Railroads & Streetcars. In addition, it is included in the Historic Transportation (WGPF) series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1908.

Location. Marker is missing. It was located near 40° 59.956′ N, 75° 10.886′ W. Marker was in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, in Monroe County. It was on Analomink Street west of South Kistler Street, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker was at or near this postal address: 31 Analomink St, East Stroudsburg PA 18301, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker was in the Pocono Mountains

and in Greater Scranton and Wilkes-Barre. It was also in the American Northeast,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it was in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it found itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this location: Gertrude Mary Smith Boddle (approx. 0.4 miles away); Alma Mater Statue (approx. 0.4 miles away); World War Memorial (approx. 0.4 miles away); War Memorial (approx. half a mile away); Daniel Brodhead (approx. 0.6 miles away); "Little Bethel" AME Church (approx. 0.7 miles away); Dansbury Mission

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(approx. 0.7 miles away); Col. Jacob Stroud (approx. 0.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in East Stroudsburg.

Also see . . . William G. Pomeroy Foundation Profile for the Marker. (Submitted on August 1, 2025, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.)

RR Signal Tower Marker Location image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), August 1, 2025

2. RR Signal Tower Marker Location

The pole remains, but the marker has gone missing.

The Signal Tower image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), August 1, 2025

3. The Signal Tower

Credits. This page was last revised on August 1, 2025. It was originally submitted on August 1, 2025, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 109 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on August 1, 2025. 2, 3. submitted on August 1, 2025, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.